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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 31, 1992Motley County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Motley County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 9:26 PM CDTTornado F0Motley, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 813 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBB 010215
TORLBB
TXC345-010315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITOURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ007>012-010045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
650 PM SUN MAY 31 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
    PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE...FLOYD
...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM...TERRY...LYNN
AND GARZA.

AT 650 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN TERRY COUNTY NEAR TOKIO.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISIO|N STATIONS
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TMT
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007>012-010200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
755 PM SUN MAY 31 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
    PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS NNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME THERE
ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. HOWEVER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO AT 755 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
WESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
EP
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:50 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
849 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY
SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE
THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:54 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
   PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY
SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE
THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FORg
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:56 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
   PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY
SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE
THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey69 min
May 31, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBBailey68 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran65 min
May 31, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley69 min
May 31, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran, Hockley60 min
Jun 1, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBLubbock3 hr
Jun 1, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBYoakum39 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.